| Hint for understanding this puzzle's starred answers | 56 |
| English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage | 56 |
| Extricates from a sticky situation, with "out" | 56 |
| Bob Loblaw portrayer on "Arrested Development" | 56 |
| His statue stands outside of the Philadelphia Art Museum | 56 |
| "___ Ha'i," "South Pacific" song | 56 |
| Eric who played Nero in 2009's "Star Trek" | 56 |
| Language family from which "zombie" originates | 56 |
| "You couldn't hit the broad side of a __!" | 56 |
| Language in which "hello" is "kaixo" | 56 |
| "America the Beautiful" poet Katharine Lee ___ | 56 |
| Outdoor meals with hamburgers or hot dogs, say, in brief | 56 |
| Brief cause for celebration, and this puzzle's title | 56 |
| "When I grow up to ___ man" (Beach Boys lyric) | 56 |
| "California Saga/The ___ of Eagles" Beach Boys | 56 |
| Word before "of nails" or "of roses" | 56 |
| "Fawlty Towers" producer, with "the" | 56 |
| ''Life's ___ Good'' (Joe Walsh tune) | 56 |
| "Molto ___" ("very good," in Verona) | 56 |
| "Molto ___" ("excellent" in Italian) | 56 |
| "It's what's hot in pain relief" brand | 56 |
| "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes ___" | 56 |
| Kentucky college town with an annual Spoonbread Festival | 56 |
| "It ain't over till it's over" speaker | 56 |
| “I never said most of the things I said” speaker | 56 |
| Tina's former life partner on "The L Word" | 56 |
| Greene who wrote "Summer of My German Soldier" | 56 |
| "___ of Roses" (1995 adult contemporary album) | 56 |
| Bobby Darin song title, with ''the Sea'' | 56 |
| Nickname shared by Benazir Bhutto and Benjamin Netanyahu | 56 |
| Movie for which Tom Hanks got his first Oscar nomination | 56 |
| Cartoonist Keane who draws "The Family Circus" | 56 |
| Announcement made with a greeting card featuring a stork | 56 |
| Mel whose epitaph reads "That's all folks" | 56 |
| "Big" or "small" hold'em payment | 56 |
| Situation in which this puzzle's symptoms may appear | 56 |
| Dinner and a movie, say, with someone you don't know | 56 |
| 1987 rom-com with Bruce Willis in his first leading role | 56 |
| Something to wrap around one's neck ... or maybe not | 56 |
| Kevin Spacey portrayed him in "Beyond the Sea" | 56 |
| Coach with the most NCAA Division I basketball victories | 56 |
| Author of the memoir "One Soldier's Story" | 56 |
| Last nonincumbent running mate of an incumbent president | 56 |
| His last film was "The Harder They Fall," 1956 | 56 |
| Physicist represented in the play "Copenhagen" | 56 |
| 1928 orchestral work originally commissioned by a dancer | 56 |
| Cleanser brand that "hasn't scratched yet" | 56 |
| Cleaning brand that "hasn't scratched yet" | 56 |
| Nursery rhyme character who "fell fast asleep" | 56 |
| Hands-on electronic game that kinda groans when you lose | 56 |
| Violinist's item, or what she might do after playing | 56 |
| Any of five that begin this puzzle's longest answers | 56 |
| Overcoming stiltedness, as with introductions in a group | 56 |
| "Every ___ You Take" (hit tune for the Police) | 56 |
| Jane Fonda's Oscar-winning role in "Klute" | 56 |
| One who says "loo" instead of "john" | 56 |
| Jean ___, 1969 Oscar-winning title role for Maggie Smith | 56 |
| Former baseball team that played at Sportsman's Park | 56 |
| Country that calls itself the "Abode of Peace" | 56 |
| "Oh, before I forget..." in Internet shorthand | 56 |
| Late NFL star and "Police Academy" actor Smith | 56 |
| “___ Vista Social Club” (1999 music documentary) | 56 |
| '-- giorno!' (Italian's 'Good day!') | 56 |
| "Turn! Turn! Turn!" band, with "The" | 56 |
| It's widely hailed as a convenient way to get around | 56 |
| He was voted into the Hall of Fame the same year as Tony | 56 |
| Musical title all of whose consonants are Roman numerals | 56 |
| Best Director of 1997, and Best Director nominee of 2009 | 56 |
| Like "Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" | 56 |
| One of man's three legs, in the riddle of the Sphinx | 56 |
| Pleading question said while pulling on Mom's sleeve | 56 |
| "Or ___ thou guide Arcturus . . . ": Job 38:32 | 56 |
| Frankie Valli's "___ Take My Eyes Off You" | 56 |
| Mascot whose first and middle names are Horatio Magellan | 56 |
| His business card claimed he was a used furniture dealer | 56 |
| Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life" | 56 |
| ''Niña'' or ''Pinta'' | 56 |
| Server of Norm, Cliff and Frasier, on "Cheers" | 56 |
| Baker v. ___ (landmark Supreme Court voting rights case) | 56 |
| Film that earned Sissy Spacek her first Oscar nomination | 56 |
| ___ Ann Inaba ("Dancing With the Stars" judge) | 56 |
| He played Waverly on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." | 56 |
| Singer with the first recording to sell a million copies | 56 |
| Any of T. S. Eliot's "practical" creatures | 56 |
| Blanchett of ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' | 56 |
| "Elder" or "Younger" Roman statesman | 56 |
| Communication device on "The Dukes of Hazzard" | 56 |
| Only same-year N.C.A.A. and N.I.T. tourney winner (1950) | 56 |
| "Lookin' Out My Back Door" band, for short | 56 |
| "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" band, for short | 56 |
| They're hard in across answers and soft in down ones | 56 |
| Frame from "Fantasia" or "Anastasia" | 56 |
| Snack in nearly every episode of "Wonder Pets" | 56 |
| First name in the ''All About Eve'' cast | 56 |
| Brand advertised as ''two mints in one'' | 56 |
| Third baseman Ron who started three 1970s All-Star Games | 56 |
| Technology behind many graphic effects in movies (abbr.) | 56 |
| "2, 4, 6, 8 — who do we appreciate?," e.g. | 56 |
| Ensign from Russia in the original "Star Trek" | 56 |
| Pet that never eats or has ''accidents'' | 56 |